West Virigina HB 2452 (2019 |WV) created the a new Cybersecurity Office within the Office of Technology.
Goals of the a new Cybersecurity Office:
- risk assessment across state agencies
- establish unifying security standards among state agencies
- will leverage a risk management approach
- provide for “apples-to-apples comparison of cyber-risk assessments across all agencies within the Executive Branch.”
Stems from WV’s 2018 particiaption in the National Governors Association (NGA) cybersecurity policy academy.
Government Technology | W.Va. to Open Cybersecurity Office, Launch Unification Plan